Peter Bici

As a teenager in the '90s, Soleil Moon Frye carried a video camera everywhere she went. She documented hundreds of hours of footage and then locked it away for over 20 years.

Empire Skate chronicles the colorful rise and enduring influence of New York skateboarding culture in the 1990s, through the global phenomenon of Supreme and intimate portraits of the skaters who breathed life into that world. From the highs of breakout film success and the creation of a brand and movement to the lows of fractured families and the loss of close friends, it is a style-and-substance trip through a unique moment when multiple trends converged on one city to create something timeless.

A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.

"Carroll, Koston, Karl, Jovontae, Chico and legend after legend go off in Meza’s SF masterpiece from ‘96 that inspired generations of street skaters. This is canon". - Thrasher Magazine.

The creators of the skateboarding magazine Big Brother go on an East Coast tour, and get into some pretty wild shenanigans.

Filmed in 1995, A Love Supreme was filmed for Supreme in New York by Thomas Campbell. Shot in black and white with a really jazzy soundtrack featuring John Coltrane. A beautiful record of 1990s NYC.

Here’s a classic video that’s become a staple in New York City Skate and Hip Hop culture. Legends in the realms Hip Hop and Skateboarding – Harold Hunter, Jeff Pang, Vinny Ponte, DJ Roc Raider, Bobbito, Wu-Tang Clan, Jay-Z & Busta Rhymes are just some of the names that made this historic visual mainstay possible.